Scraper bowl



G. TITUS ISORAPER BOWL 'Oc t. 7, 1941;

Filed July 27, 1940 2 Sheejc-Sheet l INVENTOR 7 Gordon Tz'fus BY J Nwm wN ATTORNEYS G. TITUS' SCRAPER BOWL Oct. 7, 1941.

Filed July 27, I940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lllllllllllllllllllllll 1 III) 1 Illl /Yl ATTORNEYS patrol, which i 'atenteci (kit. 7, 1941 UNITED STATES] PATENT emf-es 7 :SCK'APER B'ovvn Titus; Earlimart, Calif;,'assignor ter ArClark, Application July 2'1, 1940,

4' Claims. (01. 37-126) Gordon firms invention relates to scrapers and particularly to a" scraper designed to be supported by and. operated from that type" of self-propelled road maintenance vehicle known as an auto has a long wheel base and a high frame under which the scra er is hung in suspended relation.

The principal object orjmy invention is to provide a scraper for the urpose so constructed that it may be discharged without tilting, when raised from a scraping position.

Another object is to construct the scraper so that it may carry a considerable load when clear of the ground, and whose load may be discharged almost instantlyfia'nd' in one place, or slowly while the supporting vehicle" moving along.

The scraper, when mountedon such a vehicle, is thus admirably suited forgrade leveling,- for making cuts as'well' for cleaning out slides or filling washed out sectionson a road, and can be'operated in this service with greater "effectiveness and time" saving than an ordinary scraper on account of the high road speed at whichan auto patrol may be operated.

However, while the scraper has been particularly designed. for attachment to such a vehicle for road work service; it may be made as a complete unit in'itself, and usedwherever ordinary scrapers are serviceableq A further object of the invention is to. produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet to Wal Earlimart, Calif;

a contimrous.

Serial No. 347,893" g gular cross section adapted to be disposed, under the frame between the: front and rear wheels. Thebowl-includes outer si v plates 5 spaced. from and i somewhat shallower depth tharifplates 4', and aback plate- 6 extending from top to bottom ofplates 5 and connecting plates and 5. The adjacent plates 4 and 5 are stiffened at intervals and maintained in spacedrelation by uprights i therebetween; i h t The bottom of the bowl comprises a. plurality of separate transverse doors 8 extending-substantially the full width between plates 4- just under plates 5, said doors being fixed at-their forward end on ,sleeves 9 turnable on rods; H] which form hinge pins for the sleeves as Well 'a's ti'e' rods'between the bowl plates'fi",

The doors when in orizontal alinement form flat bottom extend-ingforwardly from underflthe' back plate 6 to a termination at a rigicl shoe ll extending. between the. side jplatesf of the bowl at the front and supporting one which will be exceedingly eiiec'tive far the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.v

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a side outline of an auto patrol showing my improved scraper mounted in connection therewith.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation, partly broken out, of the scraper detached.

Figure 3 is a transverse section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the auto patrol vehicle with which my scraper is designed to be used, comprises front and rear wheels I and 2 spaced to provide a long wheel base and connected by a frame 3 arching upwardly between the wheels.

a downwardly sl'opingblade- I2; the; doors "at their sides then'engaging' the bottomedges of plates 5*, which limit upward movement of the doors.

Downward tilting of the doors thus provides for the discharge of the bowl at aspeed determined by the extentfof tilting movement;

The doors are held in closed position, or caused to tilt simultaneously arid to the same extent, by the following means": Turnably mounted on the bowl on each sidein' connection with and between plates 4 and 5 adjacentthe' rear end v l3, disposedat successtvery l'o'iil'er levels from th -rear forwardly. Cables I I ar attached to the door a d-jacent their rear end and the corresponding pulleys to a common connection as at l5 with a single cable l6 which passes about and is mounted on a drum-pulley ll. Pulleys H on both sides of the bowl are fixed on a common transverse shaft l8 journaled in brackets l9 projecting forwardly from side plates 4. The purpose of staggering pulleys l3 vertically is to enable them to lie in a common vertical longitudinal plane without danger of the cables l4 becoming chafed or entangled with each other. By disposing the pulleys and the cables l4 depending therefrom between the plates 4 and 5, said cables are contact with the dirt in the bowl. The horizontal run of the cables is also enclosed and pro- The scraper comprises a wide bowl of rectantected by longitudinal housing 20 bridging and mounted on plates 4 and 5.

de plates 4, inner side extend upwardly and over kept clear of abrasive Rotation of shaft [8, which controls th Winding or unwinding of cables l6 onto or from the drums l1 and the consequent raising and lowering of the doors, may be controlled by the operation of the supporting vehicle irrespective of the level of the bowl relative to frame 3. This is done by the following means: A forwardly projecting rotary operating rod unit 2| mounted on frame 3 is connected at its forward end to a train of gears 22 mounted in fixed connection with the frame between the front Wheels l. A flexible shaft unit 23 is connected at its forvertical movement relative thereto by suspension links 21 mounted on the bowl adjacent the front and rear and connected at their upper end on vertically movable and separately operable arms 28 mounted on frame 3, these arms and their control means being also standard equipment on the vehicle.

The depth of the bowl relative to the spacing of the central portion of frame 3 from the ground is such as to allow of an upward movement of the bowl from a digging position which will be ample for unrestricted downward movement of the doors.

It will therefore be seen that the scraper may be lowered, loaded, raised to a load carrying position, and the load then discharged instantly by an unrestricted release and opening of the doors or gradually by a controlled and lesser opening movement of the doors, as the operating conditions may require. It will also be obvious that but little power is needed to open the doors, since the load itself tends to open them.

From the foregoing description it will be readily set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail Having thus described my invention, whatI; claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

the plates of the two sides and connected to the door in spaced relation to the hinge means.

2. A scraper including a bowl having sides each comprising spaced inner and outer plates, a botbowl for downward opening movement, said door a when closed extending under and engaging the bottom edge of the inner plates, pulleys mounted on the plates of the two sides adjacent the top in line with the space therebetween and operating cables passing over the pulleys and depending to connection with the door in spaced relameans hinging the door along one edge on the bowl for downward opening movement, said door when closed extending under and engaging the bottom edge of the inner plates, pulleys mounted on the plates of the two sides adjacent the top in line with the space therebetween, drums alined ing thence to and over the pulleys and depending thence between the side plates to connections with the door in spaced relation to the hinge means.

between said rotary shaft and another one of the GORDON TITUS. 

